Blown-out Bradford County well(Pa) 'stable but not killed'!

[Bravo Zulu]

Driller to suspend some operations statewide

A Marcellus Shale natural gas well that blew out Tuesday night is "stable but not killed," and the driller has said it will voluntarily suspend some operations statewide while it works to plug the well and determine what happened.

The Chesapeake Energy well in Bradford County had an equipment failure that allowed thousands of gallons of chemically laced hydraulic fracturing fluid to flow from the site for at least half a day. Seven families who live near the well site were evacuated as a precaution.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11111/1140969-100.stm#ixzz1KCDqsWIQ

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1. "Seven families who live near the well site were evacuated as a precaution."

But fracking fluid is as safe as Mother's Milk, else it wouldn't be exempt from all regulation. Right?